Burning fuels

• Reactants


  Calcium and chlorine
• Product


  Calcium chloride
• Ca


  Ca
• Cl


  Cl
• All the pictures show FUELS
• Combustion


  The process of burning fuels to produce energy
• Methane (and most other fuels) are hydrocarbons
• Hydrocarbon


  A compound made up of carbon and hydrogen
• Combustion


  1. Fuel

  2. Oxygen

  3. Carbon dioxide

  4. Water
• Methane


  A common fuel, found in boilers and Bunsen burners. It is a hydrocarbon.
• Combustion is another name for burning
• In a combustion reaction, a fuel is burned in oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and water
• Methane is a hydrocarbon, meaning it is made up of carbon and hydrogen
• In an oxidation reaction, a substance reacts with oxygen
• Combustion and rust are 2 examples of oxidation reactions
• Oxidation reactions


  • Hydrogen + oxygen --> water
  • Methane + oxygen --> carbon dioxide + water
  • Calcium + chlorine --> calcium chloride
  • Carbon + hydrogen --> methane
  • Iron + oxygen --> iron oxide
• Renewable and non-renewable resources

  • Petrol
  • Diesel
  • Methane
  • Wind
  • Sunlight
  • Water
  • Coal
• Non-renewable resources


  • Petrol
  • Diesel
  • Methane
  • Coal
• Burning petrol releases carbon dioxide
• Burning hydrogen releases only water
• Fuel


  A material that burns to transfer energy by heating
• Oxidation reaction


  A chemical reaction where a substance reacts with oxygen
• Non-renewable resource


  A resource that cannot be replaced as quickly as it is used
• Fossil fuel


  Petrol, diesel, coal and methane
• Burning methane in oxygen

  1. Methane

  2. Oxygen

  3. Carbon dioxide

  4. Water